wiseguyMBA wrote:
I'm looking at the course waiver form and I have a few questions. Some of them might be lame, so I apologize.
1. First off, what's the norm for number of courses students take in the first qtr? 3 or 4?
2. I am planning to take FINC440 (Turbo), and since I passed the Boot camp and self-graded DECS test, I'm planing to take DECS445 too.( I think I got the number right, I mean the DECS Turbo course). Can any of the seniors guide me as to how aggressive that is? My background is in engineering, and I've taken accounting course before.
3. I submitted an ACCTG course waiver form. Has anyone else submitted one, and how do you know if you've been approved to waive?
4. After submitting the course form, by 9th, how much flexibility do we have to change our mind and selections?
Thanks in advance.
cheers
wg
1. You will be enrolled in 4 courses for the first quarter, plus your MORS pre-term class. So you'll technically have 5 courses for the quarter even though during the quarter itself you're only taking 4. Once the add/drop period starts (during CIM) you're able to make changes to your fall schedule. Don't worry, you'll find out how add/drop works during CIM.
2. We prefer the term "2nd years" to seniors, the less the reminder that it's our final year the better. To your question I'd say it's pretty aggressive. Turbo Fin isn't hard, but it's very fast paced so you're doing 2x the work each week. I don't know anyone who took Turbo DECS, but looking at the workload for DECS I and II, turbo would be pretty intense too. I wouldn't overload yourself too much for the fall quarter. It definitely takes time to adjust back to school and learn how to balance the demands of classes, clubs, recruiting (company networking usually starts in October) and spending time getting to know your new friends. Taking 2 turbo classes in that first quarter, plus strategy and whatever elective you chose is a pretty intense workload.
3. I waived accounting. If I remember, I got an email that my waiver was accepted and had to send an email to the registrar asking them to change my schedule from the accounting course to a different core.
4. You can't make any changes (other than emailing the registrar about waivers) until add/drop starts during CIM. At that point you can change whatever you want - except for strategy which you take with your section, assuming there are open spots in the class you want to change into. A bunch of people I knew made changes, either to get a different professor or to get a more preferable time (e.g. moving an 8:30 class to a later class). That said, you don't have much flexibility because you have to satisfy your core requirements, except ops, by winter, so most of the changes are between sections of the same class. You will learn all you need to know about add/drop and bidding during CIM.